Sergeant Wilson Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, ayrmad said: Airdrie fans usually have spares. My fingers grew back! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Once again, I need to confirm that I'm safe. This is becoming quite repetitive now. Don't worry about me. I live in London, but I've never lived in that particular building. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Just now, The Real Saints said: Once again, I need to confirm that I'm safe. This is becoming quite repetitive now. Don't worry about me. I live in London, but I've never lived in that particular building. You could have escaped under the smoke anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapMactavish Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Some guy (Mickey I think it was) this morning said he saw someone jump from the 5th floor and survive. There was a guy a few years ago jumped from a high flat somewhere on Glasgow's southside and survived a 9 storey fall. His pelvis was up by his lungs mind you and his lower body was shattered but he lived. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 minute ago, SoapMactavish said: There was a guy a few years ago jumped from a high flat somewhere on Glasgow's southside and survived a 9 storey fall. His pelvis was up by his lungs mind you and his lower body was shattered but he lived. Not heard that one, but I did see the impact site after a raging junkie threw a lassie who had been messing around with her man out a window 20 floors up. I say impact site cause there was a clear mark left where she landed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefan27 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Apparently over 1,200 empty homes in Kensington and Chelsea, people just leaving them empty and letting the value rise. The cladding which may have caused the inferno was apparently added to make the building look nicer for the luxury flats around. I don't want to sound like a Marxist, but how long can we really go on with the richest in our society leaving homes empty, while the poorest are crammed into unsafe housing? The government cuts fire brigade numbers, votes against safety rules for landlords and people burn to death in entirely preventable fires, having warned beforehand this would happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapMactavish Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 minute ago, EdgarusQPFC said: Not heard that one, but I did see the impact site after a raging junkie threw a lassie who had been messing around with her man out a window 20 floors up. I say impact site cause there was a clear mark left where she landed. I can't remember the full story of it but I was working in A&E in the Victoria at the time it happened and remember hearing about the guy after he got taken to intensive care. Think he landed on wet grass and on his arse which apparently saved him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Apparently over 1,200 empty homes in Kensington and Chelsea, people just leaving them empty and letting the value rise. The cladding which may have caused the inferno was apparently added to make the building look nicer for the luxury flats around. I don't want to sound like a Marxist, but how long can we really go on with the richest in our society leaving homes empty, while the poorest are crammed into unsafe housing? The government cuts fire brigade numbers, votes against safety rules for landlords and people burn to death in entirely preventable fires, having warned beforehand this would happen. It'll probably go on for as long as roasters like the people of north east Scotland keep voting for the party of deregulation, privatisation and downright contempt for the poor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, SoapMactavish said: I can't remember the full story of it but I was working in A&E in the Victoria at the time it happened and remember hearing about the guy after he got taken to intensive care. Think he landed on wet grass and on his arse which apparently saved him He left one hell of a mark on it I passed by the bloc(which has since been demolished) on my way to work the next morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 41 minutes ago, The Real Saints said: Once again, I need to confirm that I'm safe. This is becoming quite repetitive now. Don't worry about me. I live in London, but I've never lived in that particular building. I live in a building, it could have been me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, The OP said: I live in a building, it could have been me. Cardboard boxes don't wreak that havoc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 minute ago, ayrmad said: Cardboard boxes don't wreak that havoc. Didn't you used to be homeless? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, ayrmad said: Cardboard boxes don't wreak that havoc. au contraire -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Bobby Skidmarks said: Didn't you used to be homeless? And. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 19 minutes ago, ayrmad said: Cardboard boxes don't wreak that havoc. They're also not buildings m9. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, The OP said: They're also not buildings m9. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) 51 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said: People have survived the fall from the Erskine Bridge. Dunfermline folk will be aware of the Broomhead Drive flats - from memory I think they are about 12 storeys high. Back in the 90's a guy jumped off from near the top floor but landed on the roof of a Ford Escort parked close by. The roof of the car caved in and somehow absorbed the impact with the result that the guy got up and walked away, cursing and swearing, because he was still in the land of the living. There was more cursing and swearing to be heard when the car owner arrived back on the scene. Edited June 14, 2017 by ICTJohnboy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 8 minutes ago, ayrmad said: Touche. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 11 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Dunfermline folk will be aware of the Broomhead Drive flats - from memory I think they are about 12 storeys high. Back in the 90's a guy jumped off from near the top floor but landed on the roof of a Ford Escort parked close by. The roof of the car caved in and somehow absorbed the impact with the result that the guy got up and walked away, cursing and swearing, because he was still in the land of the living. There was more cursing and swearing to be heard when the car owner arrived back on the scene. Clearly he'd never seen anybody jump from a window in a film. These people always, always land on top of a car. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Once again, I need to confirm that I'm safe. This is becoming quite repetitive now. Don't worry about me. I live in London, but I've never lived in that particular building. With your navigation skills you have probably ended up there while trying to get home on more than one occasion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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